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			- Introduction by Edith Wharton for the 1922 Limited Edition published
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			<p>I had known something of New England village life long before I made my home in the same county as my imaginary Starkfield; though, during the years spent there, certain of its aspects became much more familiar to me.</p>
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				<p epub:type="z3998:signature">Edith Wharton.</p>
				<p>March 31st, 1922.</p>
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